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Maybe you've seen this already, if not, here it is. The snow at the beginning is neat. I always thought having a snowy landscape in any possible sequel would be a nice twist to the future noir look of things, maybe even a future New York rather than LA.

And the total contrast of that dusty landscape... where is that I wonder? It reminds me of Philip K Dick's original Electric Sheep novel which had the entire story in such an environment, rather than the rainy take of Blade Runner. Anyway, not sure if I'm sold on Ryan Gosling (he's definitely a replicant ), and bringing back Harrison Ford. However, this new director is not to be slept on, and from an interview I saw, he knew going in this was a huge challenge creating a compelling sequel in this age of cheap reboots and cash-ins. Rumor has it the script was interesting enough to warrant this resurrection. Cautiously optimistic... your thoughts?

It would be hard to top or even hang with Vangelis' score. This sequel will need to uniquely stand on its own, somehow.

The director has directed some pretty grisly movies, and some with weird, metaphoric and ironic twists & turns. His latest movie Arrival is worth watching, and gives some promise to how he may approach this. Arrival is a very slow, ambient movie that kind of tricks the audience with the ending (well it may not have tricked people to the extent I was fooled- I may have overthought it and expected a more complicated interpretation)

At any rate Arrival was one of the best sci-fi movies this year, easily.

I was blown away by it. I was expecting to have all the trappings of a Hollywood sequel. But everything about this was fantastic (no spoilers): The non-rushed pace, the visuals, the atmospheric music, the technology, and the story.

As far as recent sci-fi films go, I think Arrival takes the lead. But BR 2049 was excellent.